A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak
Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is considered a common disease among children. However, HFMD recent outbreaks in Sarawak had caused many death particularly children below the age of ten. In this study we are building a simple deterministic model based on the SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered)...
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| description | Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is considered a common disease among children. However, HFMD recent outbreaks in Sarawak had caused many death particularly children below the age of ten. In this study we are building a simple deterministic model based on the SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered) model to predict the number of infected and the duration of an outbreak when it occurs. Our findings show that the disease spread quite rapidly and the parameter that may be able to control that would be the number of susceptible persons. We hope the model will allow public health personnel to plan intervention in an effective manner in order to reduce the effect of the disease in the coming outbreak. |
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| spelling | unimas-84892022-01-05T02:43:27Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8489/ A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak Felix, Chuo Sing Tiing Jane, Labadin RT Nursing T Technology (General) Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is considered a common disease among children. However, HFMD recent outbreaks in Sarawak had caused many death particularly children below the age of ten. In this study we are building a simple deterministic model based on the SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered) model to predict the number of infected and the duration of an outbreak when it occurs. Our findings show that the disease spread quite rapidly and the parameter that may be able to control that would be the number of susceptible persons. We hope the model will allow public health personnel to plan intervention in an effective manner in order to reduce the effect of the disease in the coming outbreak. 2008 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8489/1/Felix%20Chuo.pdf Felix, Chuo Sing Tiing and Jane, Labadin (2008) A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak. In: AICMS 08. Second Asia International Conference on Modeling & Simulation, 2008., 13-15 May 2008, Kuala Lumpur. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4530603&tag=1 |
| spellingShingle | RT Nursing T Technology (General) Felix, Chuo Sing Tiing Jane, Labadin A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak |
| title | A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak |
| title_full | A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak |
| title_fullStr | A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak |
| title_short | A Simple Deterministic Model for the Spread of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) in Sarawak |
| title_sort | simple deterministic model for the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (hfmd) in sarawak |
| topic | RT Nursing T Technology (General) |
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